Extension of the deadline for abstracts

The deadline for sending abstracts has been extended to the 15^th April 2008.

All those who have sent in abstracts for the conferences will receive a confirmation of their acceptance by the 28^th April 2008.

ATTENTION: abstracts will only be accepted from conference participants, therefore abstracts must be sent in after registering for the conference (even if payment has not been received).

Languages of the conference

Following numerous requests, we have decided to hold some of the conference talks in Italian as well.
By doing this, we are taking into consideration that this event is an opportunity to increase the knowledge of international philosophical practice in Italy, whilst also being an opportunity to spread the knowledge of Italian philosophical practice abroad. Allowing some talks in Italian, helps promote these two aspects of the conference.
So all of the conference talks will be in English, but some of the seminars and workshops will be held in Italian as well. Consequently, abstracts and other contributions (which must all be sent in English) can also be sent in Italian, too.
The conference blog will also reflect this bilingualism, hence the first comment of each post will be the Italian version of the post itself.

In seguito alle numerose richieste pervenuteci, abbiamo accolto la domanda in merito alla possibilità di svolgere alcuni lavori della conferenza anche in italiano.
Considerando che questo evento è un’occasione unica per diffondere in Italia la pratica filosofica internazionale e, nell’altro senso, per far conoscere al mondo la pratica filosofica italiana, ci è sembrato giusto rispecchiare questa doppia direzione anche nell’organizzazione della conferenza.
Quindi tutti i lavori della conferenza si terranno in lingua inglese, ma alcuni seminari e workshop verranno riproposti in italiano. Di conseguenza, gli abstracts e gli altri contributi (che devono essere spediti tutti in lingua inglese) potranno pervenire anche in versione italiana.
Anche il blog si adeguerà al bilinguismo della conferenza, e mostrerà la versione italiana di un post come primo commento al post stesso.

Conference news

Thanks to your comments and observations, we have been able to 'fine-tune' a few organisational aspects of the conference. In particular:

1) The addition of a 'accompanying fee': as many participants will be accompanied by partners and family, we have arranged a sort of 'registration fee' for them, too. This offers all the same benefits - special prices and discounts on meals, entertainment, travel and accomodation - as those given to conference participants, with the exception of attending the actual conference itself and the welcome cocktail. It is not obligatory to pay the 'accompanying fee', but if you choose not to, prices for these things must be paid in full.

2) Bank charges: the conference fee must be paid in full - participants must make sure they cover any bank transfer charges.

3) Conference timing: in order to facilitate the organisation of the conference programme, we would like to stipulate that there will be only two types of seminars: Lectures - which will last 45 minutes; and Practical Workshops - which will last 90 minutes. We would appreciate it if participants interested in sending in contributions could take this timing into consideration when preparing their material.

4) Conference flyer: we now have an official flyer for the conference! This can be downloaded and printed from the 'Programme' page on the conference web site. (404 KB in PDF format).

Finally, we would like to remind you that in order to take advantage of the special accomodation offers, it is necessary to have received confirmation of your registration (and payment) for the conference first.

About the key-note speakers

As visitors to our site might have noticed, unfortunately Gerd Achenbach is unable to attend the conference. However, we are very pleased to be able to invite another historically famous and important international philosophy practitioner, Anders Lindseth.

Anders has been a pioneer of philosophical counseling in Norway, and a mentor to other counselors. Being himself influenced by Gerd Achenbach, Lindseth has a distaste for method and therapy, advocating instead the principle of "touched not-knowing”.

Ran Lahav, a leading theorist of philosophy counseling, teaches Philosophical Counseling at the School of Education, Haifa University (Israel) and organised, together with Lou Marinoff, the first ICPP in 1994. He also organised, with Jose Barrientos, the first International Philosophical Retreat on Contemplative Philosophy in Chipiona, Spain, in 2005.

Petra von Morstein, Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Philosophical Counsellor in Private Practice, is the founder of ASPP (Apeiron Society for the Practice of Philosophy), active since 1987. In October 2006 she was elected Vice President of the IGPP/ISPP (International Society for the Practice of Philosophy).

Umberto Galimberti is a key figure in philosophical practice in Italy. Philosopher (pupil of Karl Jaspers) and psychoanalyst (member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology), Galimberti is well-known in Italy and the world for his numerous publications and collaborations with newspapers and magazines.

Neri Pollastri and Lodovico Berra are the presidents of the two most prestigious philosophical counseling associations in Italy, Phronesis e SICoF.


Ludovico is a doctor, specializing in psychiatry, psychotherapy, and counsellor on existentialism. He's a teacher of the Università Pontificia Salesiana and the manager of the Scuola Superiore di Counseling Filosofico.

Neri was the first philosopher to open a philosophical practice studio in Italy and also the first to publish books on philosophical practice in Italian.

You can find more information on all our key note speakers by visiting their own personal websites – see list on the right side of this page.

We are doing everything in our power to also make sure another important figure in the world of Philosophical Practice, Ora Gruengard, is able to attend. We hope to be able to confirm this as soon as possible.

Introducing this tool

This blog is mainly intended to provide week by week information to do with the Ninth International Conference on Philosophical Practice, being held in Carloforte, Sardinia in July.
It has been created by the organizing secretaries of the Ninth ICPP in order to initiate a world-wide discussion about the conference: aims, participants, abstracts, programme, deadlines, etc.
Hopefully, once the conference is over, it will also be possible to collect and share comments, thoughts, photos and videos about this event, and philosophical practice in general.

We would also like this blog to become a useful tool for conference participants and interesting reading for visitors.
So please post any comments you may have, we would really appreciate your contributions!

Description
On the left you have a list of web sites of associations for Philosophical Practice spread all over the world, and a list of personal web sites of philosophical practioners. At the bottom right, there are 3 or 4 videos about Philosophical Practice, that this blog receives automatically from Internet.

Use
As this is a democratic opinion-sharing tool, anyone can post their own comments. However, we would prefer to see the name of the author as well. Comments that are offensive or out of topic will be deleted.
If you like to post a comment you can write it directly on this blog, click on 'comments' then 'leave your comment'. Also you can send your links, photos, texts and videos to info@carloforte2008.eu and we'll upload your materials.

IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER: we are not dealing with any travel/accomodation issues here. Please do not post any comments concerning hotel bookings or reservations - contact the hotel directly!

p.p. Jon Graziano
Organizing secretary of the IX ICPP